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This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Footer Logo DigitalCommons@Cedarville, a service of the Centennial Library. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cedars by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Cedarville. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Student News Publication of Cedarville University March 2012 T ble of Contents March, 2012 Vol. 64, No. 8 Just Sayin’ ... Page 3 March Calendar Falling down, doughnuts and Paul Revere Page 4 Satisfaction Survey/Cheerleading Christians are always would honk at me. It was usually the Bob Ev- saying, “God is humbling ans truck…not sure why…but I’d feel confident Page 5 me right now.” That usu- and think, “Yeah, I’m cool. I look good.” And New Disc Golf Course ally means that God is as soon as the thought bloomed, while still in Page 6 revealing one of their sight of the honking vehicle, I would trip. I’d Book Review: ‘Life of Pi’ struggles to them or show- trip over a sidewalk crack, a rock, a ladybug … More Men Off Campus ing them how small they anything above ground level. One time, I even Page 7 are in comparison to His landed on my face. Once I picked myself up greatness. But when God and dislodged the embedded gravel from my Movie Reviews Bekah Cvetich Page 8 is humbling me, it’s usual- hands and knees, I remembered: “Oh yeah, I’m Preview: ‘The Star Spangled Girl’ ly because I think I’m cool or good at something, totally not cool.” and He lets me look like an idiot to remind me The worst times I’ve endured this hum- Page 9 that nothing I am or do comes from me. bling experience were moments when I tried Review: ‘The Artist’ For example, two weeks ago my boyfriend to say something intelligent. For instance, Page 10 Josh and I decided to traipse around the In- in my high school history class we were dis- Review: ‘Downton Abbey’ dian Mounds. We were feeling adventurous, so cussing Paul Revere and I, remembering part NoiseTrade Provides Free Downloads we climbed the rocks and explored the forest. of his story (or so I thought), felt the need Page 11 I used to do all this as a kid, so I was thinking to share my wisdom with the class. So I told Thoughts: Israeli Hate Day that I was pretty impressive at this hiking busi- them how people rewarded Paul Revere for ness — and I was wearing fashionable clothes riding through towns warning them about the Page 12 and flats, too. British. They wanted to give him cake, but he Sexual Discrimination Provision Fails So Josh climbed down a small cliff to the couldn’t hold it while he rode. So he asked for Page 13 edge of the river and told me to turn around cakes with holes in the middle. When he rode Economy Worries Spain’s Youth and climb down like a ladder because it was by, he’d stick out his finger, and they’d put the Page 14 slippery. I thought, “Please, I know what I’m holed-cakes on his finger. And thus doughnuts Thoughts: Kony 2012 doing. I’m going down facing forwards.” I fig- were born. When I finished telling this tale, I ured I’d look like some nature warrior goddess hoped my teacher would applaud my wealth of Page 16 to Josh by achieving this, but I took one step knowledge. Instead, I received a giant bout of Politics and Religion and the mud took me down immediately. And laughter and my teacher scribbled something Page 17 I slid all the way down the cliff. On my butt. in his notes. I’m pretty sure it was the words I Gerson Visits Cedarville Luckily, Josh was at the bottom to catch me. was thinking: “Not smart.” Page 18 But he had to walk around the rest of the day Now I’m not saying God is trying to make not with a nature warrior goddess but with a me look stupid. I don’t think He’s out to get me Rugby at Cedarville girlfriend whose pants looked like she had an or purposely trying to dampen my self-esteem. Page 19 embarrassing bathroom accident. But I do feel humbled by these experiences. I Thoughts: Safe Christianity God used to “humble me” while walking can laugh at them because that’s the personal- to church, too. I used to attend Grace Bap- ity God gave me, and they help me remember Cover Illustration tist, just down the road from Cedarville, so that I am nothing aside from God’s help. I’m Kelly Gollihue I’d usually be all gussied up in a pretty dress not talented, cool or smart without Him. I’m and high heels when I’d walk there on Sunday just a girl who falls a lot and thinks Paul Revere mornings. And every once in a while, some car invented doughnuts. Emily Severance Watch for a new issue Managing Editor Rachel Stephens of Cedars every month. Assistant Managing Editor for Visuals Bekah Cvetich Newsstands are located on the upper News Editor Zack Anderson National/International Editor and lower levels of the SSC. Holly McClellan Arts and Entertainment Editor Contact us at Jesse Silk Sports Editor [email protected] Jonathan Bundy Chief Copy Editor Joe Grom, Doug Brown For more news, go to Web Developers Jeff Gilbert ReadCedars.com Faculty Adviser

2 March 2012 CALENDAR April 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthew Moore: Gospel of John Presentation Sr. Recital: Andrew Price No school: Easter Break 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 CU Friday Junior Class Instrumental Minute to Win It Senior Party MiniArnold Chamber Music Competition Competition Concert Junior Senior Traditional Irish No school: Easter Break Art Gala 2012 Banquet Music Session 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bach’s Lunch: The Orchestra and Sr. Recital: Women’s Choir Demerits Concerto Concert Opera Concert Gretchen Mayer Concert Symphonic Band STP: Sing Sweet & Brass Choir Nightengale Concert 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 General Recital Choral Concert Faculty Recital: Jazz Band Concert Elliv Jun Kim College Rep Round Table Discussion 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 No Chapel Convocation 116 Annual Composition Senior Celebration Commencement Recital 2012 Final Exams - No Chapel

Women’s Sports Men’s Sports Foreign Film Series Women’s Softball Men’s Baseball vs. Lake Erie – April 2 vs. Notre Dame OH – April 6 Turkey/Drama vs. Malone – April 6 vs. Salem International – April 13 vs. Walsh - April 10 vs. Salem International – April 14 Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. vs. Urbana - April 17 vs. Ohio Christian – April 16 BTS 104 vs. Salem International - April 21 vs. Oakland City - April 20 vs. Indianapolis - April 24 vs. Oakland City - April 21 vs. Urbana - April 27 vs. Malone - May 1 Women’s Tennis Men’s Tennis vs. Central State - April 12 vs. Central State - April 10 vs. Ursuline - April 12 vs. Aquinas – April 13 The Star-Spangled Girl vs. Indiana Wesleyan - April 14 vs. Ohio Dominican - April 17 vs. Wittenberg - April 17 vs. West Virginia State - April 18 April 12, 14, 15 vs. Indiana-East - April 19 Devries Theatre

March 2012 3 CAMPUS NEWS Survey Says: Students Satisfied by Madison Troyer Improvement at Cedarville since 2001 tudent satisfaction at Cedarville University is at a record high according to vice president of student life Carl Ruby. Cedarville’s rankings exceeded Snational averages in every area, based on recent surveys. Some main areas where Cedarville had its highest rankings were in com- mitment to academic excellence, career services resources, variety of course offerings, academic support services, sufficient weekend activities, spiritual compatibility with students, commitment to racial harmony and availability of financial aid. Approximately 980 students took the survey. Out of the faith-based col- leges that offer the survey, Cedarville ranked higher in campus life, campus climate, student centeredness and support for diversity. Overall, Cedarville im- proved on 68 out of the 85 items. “I was surprised that our scores were even higher than in 2007 when the results were so good even then,” Ruby said. Some areas where Cedarville is looking to improve, Ruby said, are living conditions, financial aid, discipline, instruction in specific majors and courses offered in particular majors. Ruby said the administration takes these surveys under consideration when deciding plans for the future. For example, Cedarville is switching to an honor code to try to change how discipline is addressed and carried out at Cedarville, Ruby said. They are also planning to build townhouses on campus for an alternative to the dorms. Students who took the survey said that the one complaint was the length of the survey. Freshman Aubrey Juris said it was sometimes difficult to answer questions about specific areas overall. “It was long, but I’d rather it be longer if change comes of it than for them to just give a short survey to say they gave us a survey,” Juris said. All-Girls Cheerleading Team Dropped AD wants to reorganize program, bring back team in the future by Crystal Goodremote have shared that they aren’t coming back. “I didn’t see the commitment from this embers of Cedarville University’s team, so why should we continue to do it that all-girl cheerleading squad said they way?” Geist said. “It was kind of a no-brainer Mwere shocked upon hearing their in those respects, but it took a while to come up squad will not exist next season. with a final decision.” “We were at our last practice turning in Down the road, Geist said he wants to our uniforms,” said sophomore Hayley Stude- bring the all-girls team back, but first he wants baker. “Before we left the head coach told us to make the co-ed team better. that the all-girl team was getting cut.” “Right now I would like to concentrate on “We were all in shock and kind of angry,” making the co-ed team as good as it can possi- said Alicia Iaffaldano, a junior on the team. bly be,” Geist said. “It is a tough decision any- But athletic director Alan Geist said he time you cut opportunities, but I really believe wants to bring the team back in the future that it is going to be beneficial in the future.” when proper funding exists and when there is Geist said he hopes to bring Cedarville’s more interest. cheer squad up to competition level, which Iaffaldano said that the squad is unsure of would make it more of a sport. why they got cut. She said the team thinks it “There is a lot of work to get done,” Geist has to do with moving to the NCAA. said. “But I do admire the people on the team, But Geist said the move has nothing to do and I respect and appreciate them. They put a with joining the NCAA. He said the squad was tremendous amount of time in, and I think we cut due to lack of funding because the all-girls owe it to them to make the opportunity they and co-ed squads are on the same budget. have better, and that’s my goal.” “We just don’t have that money in the Cedarville University/Scott L. Huck Geist said that if any of the girls have a budget, and that was frustrating me a little Athletic director Alan Geist said now is the best problem with how things were handled, he bit,” Geist said. “So we’ve talked about making team to reorganize the cheerleading program. said they should speak with their coach. the co-ed better, and this has been something time in the future. He was told that now would Co-ed cheerleading clinics are going to be in the back of my head for a long time.” be the best time to cut the team because out held Friday, April 13, from 7-10 p.m. and Sat- Geist said that he approached the coach of the 11 girls on the squad, one is graduating, urday, April 14, from 8-10 a.m. Tryouts will be about possibly cutting the all-girls team some- two are trying out for the co-ed team and eight held Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

4 March 2012 CAMPUS NEWS Disc Golf Course Added to North Side of Campus by Bekah Cvetich funding comes in. For now, however, the tee boxes are marked off with white field nine-hole disc golf course has been paint. Each hole has two tee boxes so play- built on the north end of Cedar- ers can play nine longer holes, nine short- Aville’s campus. The course begins er holes, or 18 holes by playing the courses just north of the tennis courts and ceme- back-to-back. tery, and a putting basket has been placed The Campus Recreation equipment next to the sand volleyball courts for prac- room has a limited number of disc sets tice. that students, and faculty and staff mem- “I knew a number of people who were bers can check out with a University ID interested in disc golf and who have been card. playing it,” said Mark Matthews, director If players are looking for a challenge, of Campus Recreation. “I kept hearing he said with a laugh, they should try to more about it, and I saw potential that our play on one of Cedarville’s characteristi- students could enjoy it if we put it on cam- cally windy days. pus.” To play disc golf, the player must Matthews purchased the targets in throw the disc from behind the tee box the fall, he said, but the weather prevented line. Wherever the disc lands, the player him from putting them up until just after must perform the next throw from that spring break. spot. To complete a hole, the disc must Mark Irving, director of discipleship come to rest in the basket or chains. ministries, and Mark Gathany, profes- Matthews said he is excited to provide sor of biology and environmental science, another activity for students to do on cam- helped design the course. They are both pus, and he has already played a few times avid disc golf players, Matthews said. himself. Matthews said they plan to eventually “I think it’s a good addition,” Mat- add concrete tee boxes and signs to indi- thews said. “I enjoy it. I think our kids will cate the starting line for each hole once enjoy it.”

Disc Golf How to play, basic rules Use this website: www.discgolf.com Disc Golf Course 3 Facebook group Join the “open group” called 4 “CU Disc Golf” to make connections with other players. Etiquette 1. Be courteous to other 5 people on the course and do not throw until the basket is clear. Even if you think, “I won’t 8 hit them,” you’re still too close. 6 2. Pay attention to the groups 7 behind you. If they are playing faster than you are, offer to let them play through. 3. If you find a disc and it has Long Tees (white paint) a name & phone number on it, please call and return it. 2 Short Tees (white paint) Baskets If you find a disc without a 9 name on it, please turn it in

1 at the Recreation Center. Parking 4. Be quiet when people are Practice Putting Basket by throwing, and when people Sand Volleyball Courts are putting, try to stay out of their field of vision or be still.

March 2012 5 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Analysis: Media Alive With Zombies by Lucas Zellers in which the corpse fed on the qi or life force of game “Angry Birds,” but with hordes of blood- the living; and the draugr, a gleefully homicidal less, lovable cartoon zombies. The pièce de ré- he object immediately to your left is now undead warrior from Norse mythology. sistance is Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and your weapon of choice in the coming The modern zombie has drawn all of Prejudice and Zombies,” a 2009 parody novel Tzombie apocalypse. these elements together — hordes of carnivo- of Jane Austen’s literary classic, which is now The idea doesn’t seem too far off the mark, rous cadavers — and evolved into a complex being considered for production as a film. with zombies seemingly everywhere. After all, and complete mythos. This can be chiefly due It’s not the cultural fascination with zom- AMC’s blockbuster series “The Walking Dead” to the work of film director George Romero, bies that is confusing. After all, it’s the same is now the most-watched cable television se- whose 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead” reason that a child will listen raptly to ghost ries in history, with over 9 million viewers for introduced the zombie apocalypse to popular stories around a campfire even though he its season-two finale. That is an impressive feat culture. The film was the inspiration for five knows he’ll be staring at the roof of the tent in itself, but for a show rated TV-14, it’s noth- sequels and two remakes, as well as a horde of all night. We like to be scared, and a horde of ing short of remarkable. As the latest and most other films and stories about the zombie apoc- mindless flesh-eating corpses still dripping triumphant incarnation of the zombie in popu- alypse. By 1985 the zombie was featured in with their last meal is scary. We also like to lar culture, the show is heir to a long and vastly the music video to Michael Jackson’s hit song laugh — but since when is that funny? under appreciated history. “Thriller,” now a worldwide Halloween staple The zombie mythos also evidences cultur- The concept of the zombie is as old as one almost on the level of a Christmas carol. al attitudes and philosophies about violence, of the earliest recorded works of literature, an As zombie media has become more preva- mortality, and death, and the modern zombie epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia called the lent, it has become less serious. “The Zombie apocalypse is a world in which deadly violence “Epic of Gilgamesh,” in which the goddess Ishtar Survival Guide,” a satirical handbook for sur- is mandatory, and more importantly, free threatens, “I will knock down the Gates of the viving the zombie apocalypse that reads like from accountability. Survivors are reduced Netherworld, / . . . / and will let the dead go up to an almanac, was published in 2003. “Shawn to the law of the jungle, kill or be eaten. The eat the living! / And the dead will outnumber the of the Dead” (2004) and “Zombieland” (2009) idea doesn’t sit well with a theology that puts living!” The name “zombie” comes from Haitian continued the tradition of gleefully gory cin- such an emphasis on the sanctity of life and voodoo religion, and refers to a person killed and ema, but used zombies as more of a comedic the long-lasting consequences of actions. It is reanimated to follow the will of a sorcerer. Paral- straight man than a nightmare. “Plants vs. important that we consider the zombie as an lel legends exist in many other cultures, including Zombies,” a 2010 tower defense game by Pop- icon in light of that comparison for the sake of the revenant, a vengeful corpse from Medieval Cap Games, achieved nearly the same cultural effective, intelligent cultural engagement. English folklore; the Jiang Shi, a Chinese legend preeminence as the ubiquitous smart phone Or we could just play “Left 4 Dead.” Book Review: ‘Life of Pi’ by Jonathan Bundy Ocean: fierce tism could be maddening for believers of those storms, religions, but I thought it gave the book an in- ife of Pi” is a novel about a 16-year-old sharks and teresting flavor even though I didn’t agree with Indian boy who is trapped on a life- sapping heat. Pi’s views. Lboat with several zoo animals, includ- He must use Pi’s spirituality is an integral part of ing a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard his cunning his life. This is seen as he thanks Vishnu (a Parker. It reminded me of books such as “The and experi- supreme Hindu god) for giving him a fish. Hatchet” and “Robinson Crusoe.” In the years ence with zoo “Thank you, Lord Vishnu, thank you! … Once before writing this 21st century survival story, animals to you saved the world by taking the form of Yann Martel studied castaway stories and vis- avoid being a fish. Now you have saved me by taking the ited churches, mosques, temples and zoos. eaten by the form of a fish.” The story started slowly. A few times, I hungry tiger. Pi does not turn away from God during his found myself wanting to skip ahead. But the Some- trial, but he experiences doubts and despair. back stories, especially about the zoo animals times Pi uses He says, “Faith in God is an opening up, a let- and Pi’s spirituality, are important to the rest elaborate and ting go, a deep trust, a free act of love — but of the story. The wait was worth it. fancy lan- sometimes it was so hard to love.” Most of the story takes place on a lifeboat guage. When “Life of Pi” contains the theme of story- “three and a half feet deep, eight feet wide he sees the telling and truth. Why do humans tell stories? and twenty-six feet long, exactly.” It wasn’t zoo’s female Stories are a part of what it means to be hu- monotonous. Martel used the life boat to am- orangutan floating toward them after the ship- man and sometimes we tell stories to survive plify the tension like a chef uses a pot to boil wreck, he says, “Oh blessed Great Mother, and deal with suffering. For Pi, storytelling is water. At one point, Pi calls the lifeboat God’s Pondicherry fertility goddess, provider of milk cathartic. ark. But it’s more like hell, the ferryboat of the and love, wondrous arm spread of comfort, ter- The story of Pi is bizarre and unlikely, but Styx’s. ror of ticks, picker-up of crying ones, are you to that doesn’t matter. I don’t care much if fiction Pi Patel knows the power and ferocity of witness this tragedy too?” For the most part, isn’t “realistic.” A story can be fantastical but tigers better than most. His father owned a zoo Pi’s speech is less pompous and more realistic. still accurately capture the human condition in India. When Pi was young, Mr. Patel dem- The story has many religious elements and contain many layers of meaning. onstrated the deadliness of a tiger by releas- because Pi is a devotee of Christianity, Hindu- So which is better: A realistic story or a ing a goat into the tiger’s pen. After the goat ism and Islam. This results in a hilarious scene good story? I will always pick a good story and was massacred, Pi’s father said, “Never forget involving the clergy of each religion: a priest, a perhaps that’s why I enjoyed reading “Life of this lesson.” Pi must survive the open Pacific pandit and an imam. The character’s syncre- Pi.” 6 March 2012 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Movie Review: ‘The Hunger Games’ by Becca Powlus a way that the audience knew her and inside her – some- the horror of what was hap- thing that can’t always be f you haven’t heard of the Hunger Games pening, but didn’t have to expressed in a movie. There by now, you just might need to get out a witness the gory details fully were some small points in the Ilittle more. The movie made $155 million onscreen. book that were left out of the in the box office opening weekend, making it However, there has movie to keep it flowing, but the third largest intake in Hollywood history; been some controversy over the movie typically stuck to and it could easily become one of the biggest whether the film promotes the plotline of the novel. The film franchises of this decade. violence or not. An important biggest flaw in the movie was The hit movie “The Hunger Games” is thing to remember in that the lack of emotional depth based off of an increasingly popular book series debate is that Katniss is the that was so emphasized in the by the same name. It tells the futuristic story of protagonist and she has no book. Much of what Katniss Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl forced to fight desire to kill anyone. She is did in the games was outright to the death against 23 other teens in a live tele- the one the audience is root- defiance to the Capitol, a vised show. The show is run by the Capitol, a ing for, and her character is point that was not as effectu- relentless and brutal organization that has com- not one that promotes vio- ally conveyed in the film. plete control over the 12 districts into which the lence. The antagonists, the Overall the movie was country has been divided. The Hunger Games brutal killers such as Cato still satisfying, but it had a take place every year to remind the districts of and the Careers, give the au- more entertaining bent than the Capitol’s ultimate power and to discourage dience the impression of the one that was thought-pro- them from ever starting an uprising. inhumanity of their violence voking and deep. Character The movie, released on March 23, lived up instead of promoting it. development was underplayed in the movie to all the hype. The producers did a great job For those who didn’t read the book be- but heavily emphasized in the book. Granted, of making such an action-packed and grandi- forehand, the movie was full of suspense and the producers were faced with the challenge of ose story convincing, entertaining, and engag- surprise, the audience never knowing what keeping the movie short enough (it was already ing. As a whole, the acting was excellent and would happen next. Those who read the book almost 2.5 hours long) while including all the the sets were done to perfection. As all great weren’t granted that same level of intrigue be- necessary points of action. There simply wasn’t movies do, “The Hunger Games” made you feel cause they knew what was coming. However, enough time for much character development. as if you were actually there in the arena with the book readers were able to understand more Still, the Hunger Games is well worth watch- Katniss. Even though the book was filled with deeply what was happening onscreen because ing whether you’ve read the book or not. And violent scenes and the premise of the series is the book was filled with the details of Katniss’ for those of us who have seen the movie – well, one of brutality, the movie was filmed in such thoughts about what was happening around we’ve got three more movies to look forward to. Movie Review: ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ by Tina Neely rower-obsessed housekeeper notices Shawn’s strange behavior as he continues to search for rrietty Clock is like any other 14-year- and speak with Arrietty. The housekeeper is old girl. She plays in the garden, does inspired to hunt for the little people she always Achores around the house and tries her believed lived in the walls. best to obey her parents, though they don’t al- Arrietty’s mother gets captured, her father ways see eye-to-eye. She may be 4 inches tall gets injured and she gets riled up for a fight. and live in the walls of a cottage-like home, With the help of Shawn, will they make it out but her spirit and zeal give her the character of alive? With the help of Arrietty, will Shawn someone 6 feet 9 inches. find the courage to keep on living? The boy re- “The Secret World of Arrietty” is an ani- veals that his heart might stop and that he is mated feature film adapted from Mary Norton’s resting the week before his operation. Arrietty children’s book “The Borrowers.” Arrietty and only 12 years old but suffering from an illness teaches him to value the life he has been given her family borrow things humans (who they about which the audience knows little until the and to be brave no matter the circumstances. call “beans”) won’t miss, such as a tissue, sugar end. He has a docile personality but a pierc- Coming from such a tiny girl, Arrietty’s advice cube or lost paperclip. The only catch: they can- ing gaze, and Arrietty is startled by him in the lifts Shawn’s hopes, and he faces his surgery not be seen. If seen by a bean, the whole family garden. She thinks she escapes without notice, with a daring, though physically weak, heart. of borrowers must move to a different house: a but did she? “The Secret World of Arrietty” is a won- grueling and dangerous trip with no promise of Because of a shortage of necessary sup- derful movie. It’s family friendly without be- safety at the end. If they stay after being seen, plies, Arrietty and her father decide to borrow ing cheesy. The art is spectacular, the plot is they are usually captured or killed. Even the that night despite the anxiety of her mother. engaging and the characters are real. By the seemingly nice beans are a threat; a human’s All goes well until the end of their journey end of the film you want to keep watching, but curiosity is their worst nightmare. when Arrietty is undoubtedly seen by Shawn. unfortunately there is no sequel in sight. This Luckily for Arrietty, she knows her way She and her father duck away, but Shawn calls film is strongly recommended for animated around the cottage and is loyal to her parents’ out to her, revealing that he had indeed spot- film lovers and general audiences alike, from warnings about beans. However, the day her ted her in the garden and is in need of a friend. children to adults. This film is more about fam- father plans to take her on her first official bor- Now the Clock family is torn: should they ily and friendship than any other type of rela- rowing, a new bean moves into the house, and leave the home they’ve known for so long, or tionship, and it’s more about courage and the with him comes a myriad of uncertainties. stay and trust this boy who appears harmless? beauty of daily life than hilarious moments. This young man’s name is Shawn. He is Their decision is made for them when the bor- My rating: 5/5. March 2012 7 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT A Star-Spangled Preview Cedarville brings the Neil Simon classic, ‘The Star-Spangled Girl,’ to life by Eric Rasmussen ways around. He was raised by his grandpar- ents, who encouraged him in his writing. But hat do the Olympics, Martin Lu- “They can expect two he’s also very socially awkward, and he really ther King Jr., San Francisco, a duck, doesn’t understand how to relate to people.” Whandcuffs, Elvis, a telescope and a hours, approximately, Lindsay McGee, a sophomore theater per- magazine all have in common? Well, Cedar- formance and design major, counts this as her ville will find out on March 29-31 and April 12- of pure fun and third main stage role, the others being Min- 14 when the university’s theatre department nie Fay in “Hello, Dolly!” and Mary Warren in brings these elements together in Neil Simon’s ridiculousness. I call it “The Crucible.” hilarious comedy “The Star-Spangled Girl.” McGee shared a little bit about her char- In a change from the past two main stage a sitcom on stage.” acter’s background: “She is an Olympic swim- shows Cedarville has put on this year (“And mer, and she has moved to SF in order to stay Then There Were None,” a suspenseful mys- Stephanie Anderson close to her fiancé, who is on a US marine base tery by Agatha Christie, and “The Crucible,” a nearby. She’s also going to be training for the thought-provoking drama by Arthur Miller), stage manager Olympics. She’s very sweet and a fun-loving “The Star-Spangled Girl” follows Cedarville’s girl. She also gets very sassy and feisty as the tradition of performing a comedy in the spring. play progresses.” The play is about two roommates, Andy “They’ll hear music that will do the same thing Coming into this show, the audience can and Norman, trying to start their own novice and will spark memories. If they weren’t alive expect to have a good time. The cast and crew magazine in the 1960s. Their world is changed then, they’ll certainly get a taste of the 60s.” noted the play’s unexpected humor, as well as when a new female neighbor, Sophie, arrives Another appealing element of this show is a lot of silly one-liners that are typical of a Neil and Norman falls head over heels for her. In its strong cast. Simon play. doing so, he displays his affections in many “We have some of our best actors in this “They can expect two hours, approximate- heartfelt ways – or so he believes. As sweet as show,” Anderson said. “They’re very seasoned ly, of pure fun and ridiculousness,” Anderson he may think his gifts and favors are, they be- and putting on a really funny show.” said. “I call it a sitcom on stage.” come a health hazard to poor Sophie. Through In this cast of three, none are new to main “You can expect to come in and laugh and the course of the play, Andy serves as a media- stage productions. Josiah Smith, a junior com- have a good time,” McIntosh said. tor between the two, which only brings more prehensive communications and theater de- This play offers something that is innate complexity to his stressful, hectic life. sign major, has been in five main stage shows, in comedy, entertainment and relaxation. As From the moment the audience steps in, including “And Then There Were None” and Smith said, “I think when viewers come in, they’ll be transported back about 40 years to “The Importance of Being Earnest.” His char- what they’re going to find that’s really nice is the San Francisco of yesteryear. As stage man- acter, Andy Hobart, is “a little bit more of the that they don’t have to think. It’s not for a com- ager Stephanie Anderson said, the mood will business type,” he said. “He’s the more serious plex mind. It’s nice to come to this show and be set by 60s music, and Andy and Norman’s character, and yet he is definitely fun loving. have a relief. I think at this time of year we all “funky” apartment will be furnished with “all But when that magazine isn’t getting done, he could just use a good laugh.” kinds of junk and mess and weird props” spe- gets very strict and wants it finished. He is a lot An element that makes this show a must- cific to the era. of fun to play.” see is its ability to display events that happen Director Mischelle McIntosh agreed about Josiah Hutchings, a junior theater perfor- in life in an applicable yet farcical way. As Mc- the unique atmosphere the show will certainly mance major, has appeared in six main stage Gee said, “It has a lot of thematic elements and create for viewers. shows including “And Then There Were None” situations that, although they’re very dramatic “If they were alive during the 60s, they can and “The Crucible.” He described his part of when you go back to the basis, a lot of us are expect to come in and see things that will take Norman Cornell: “He is a writer. He grew up dealing with the same kinds of situations in them back down memory lane,” McIntosh said. in the WWII era, so his parents weren’t al- real life.”

“I think when viewers come in, what they’re going to find that’s really nice is that they don’t have to think... I think at this time of year we all could just use a good laugh.” Josiah Smith Junior Theatre Major

8 March 2012 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Movie Review: ‘The Artist’

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by Holly McClellan That poses quite a problem for George itself, particularly its sepia-toned Golden Age, Valentin. With his all-American charm and when studio heads were gods, stars were royal- here’s a saying that says you never know Clark Gable good looks, he’s had the country ty and everyone wanted to get into the flickers. how much you’ll miss something until eating out of his hand as the crowned king But this film seems to capture the feel Tit’s gone. But sometimes the opposite is of the silver screen for years. That’s when he and spirit of the age it portrays in an uncom- true – you don’t realize something’s unneces- meets ingénue Peppy Miller, a chorus girl with mon way. Maybe it’s the trappings of another sary until you have to get on without it. big dreams of stardom. They’re part of two dif- era. Maybe it’s the utter magnanimity of the The latter case seems to be true with “The ferent generations, and as such she makes the two leads — Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo Artist,” the dark-horse French film that against leap to “talkies,” but George doesn’t. So begins —who somehow make you fall in love with them all odds won best picture at last month’s Oscar his predictable descent, in which the world’s without uttering a word. Whatever it is, there’s ceremony. insistence that he’s become obsolete wars a certain “je ne sais quoi” and “joie de vivre” Just how high were those odds stacked? against his own conception (and Peppy’s) that about the film that makes it hard to believe it’s a Well, let’s see – it’s (as aforementioned) tech- he is, truly, an artist. period piece and not a time capsule from its era. nically a foreign film, it’s (gasp!) filmed entire- True to its time period, the film’s almost As to those complaining of a thin plot, ly in black-and-white and (inaudible gasp!) it’s ironically predictable. From the second a star- claims of “style over substance” seem a little almost entirely silent. struck Peppy Miller bumps into the charming hypocritical because generally the same people Yes, we’ve traveled back to the days of Valentin, you know they’ll fall in love. And from who yawn through “The Artist” are the ones mouthed lines and intertitles – back when ac- the moment George scoffs at the new technol- gushing into their popcorn over CGI pyro- tors had to engage their whole bodies and faces ogy of sound, you know that his star is falling technics and blue aliens reenacting “Pocahon- to convey their feelings, to speak volumes with just as fast as Peppy’s is rising. In fact, things tas.” All told, our generation eats, sleeps and a frown or a glare, and to charm an audience continue on as expected until you realize for a breathes style over substance. It just seems the with a grin or a wink. We’re helped along by moment that this film wasn’t made in 1927 but fact that this film’s gloss is all in black and white deft and affecting orchestration, but some in 2011. Over 80 years of progressively dark that’s got people’s proverbial panties in a twist. parts are quite shockingly soundless. storytelling has taught us that nobody is guar- There are people that say winning five Os- So the big question is – are modern ADD- anteed a happy ending, and sometimes when cars was the worst thing that could have hap- plagued audiences ready for such a blast from life beats a good guy down, he stays down. It’s pened to “The Artist,” and there’s a level on the past? this added perspective that will likely keep which they’re right. Any film to garner so much Plot-wise, it’s a story that’s been told be- viewers just that much more invested in the success is bound to draw the ire of armchair fore – most famously in such classic films as emotional struggle of “The Artist.” critics decrying the Academy as out-of-touch “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Sunset Boulevard” As with all films blessed with that- cov Hollywood fat cats only out to pat each other – but with more flair and style. It’s set in the eted Best Picture statuette, “The Artist’s” win on the back. late 1920s, and Hollywood is the center of the was met with healthy skepticism. But it also But there’s something that can’t be forgot- world where massive movie studios crank out seemed served with more than its share of ten — it’s a drop-dead gorgeous film. From the silent films like it’s going out of style. But that’s sour-grapes griping over its supposed gim- sweeping cinematography to the lush orches- half the trouble – silent films are on their way mickry and preaching to the choir. There’s tration, “The Artist” reminds filmgoers some- out, and there’s a new kid on the block, the some merit to that – the film essentially rep- thing we’ve largely forgotten — that a film can “talkies.” resents Hollywood’s eternal love affair with be art.

March 2012 9 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT TV Review: ‘Downton Abbey’ by Rose Harvard daughters, along with a decent staff of capable the story. Downstairs amidst the servants, a servants. It is 1912, and the news of the sink- new valet arrives, mysteriously reserved and hat was originally filmed as a mini- ing of the Titanic has just reached Downton apparently good friends with the earl. Despite series became an international sensa- Abbey. Among the dead are the heirs to the the hustle and bustle of a servant’s occupation, Wtion in its first season. From Oscar- estate, James and Patrick Crawley. The aging the housekeeping crew manages to find time winning writer Julian Fellows (“Gosford Park”) earl and his family are struck with the problem for dreams, plots, and a bit of subtle romance. comes an Edwardian British drama — and be- of succession — daughters cannot inherit the Far from being a drawn-out romance in fore you can do the math (period British + dra- estate, and there are no other immediate male period costumes, the intricate story and its ma = Jane Austen flick), turn off the presuppo- family members. menagerie of intriguing characters appeals to sitions and biases long enough to hear the name They find a solution when distant cousin viewers across the globe and across genera- “Downton Abbey.” In the past two years, its first Matthew Crawley, a working-class man who’s tions. The incredible range of characters — lik- and back-by-popular-demand second seasons not at all interested in the upper-class lifestyle, able and wretched, conflicted and adorable, have won numerous Emmy awards (2011), the is deemed the closest living heir. There is also angelic and feisty — conveys a complete view of Golden Globe award, and in 2012, the National the matter of finally marrying the daughters Downton Abbey’s early 1900s world, both up- Television Award for Most Popular Drama Se- off, complicated from the start considering stairs and downstairs. No episode is ever boring ries. This time the polls don’t lie. the eldest daughter’s snobbish attitude, the as stories continually supply themselves in each The story begins in the idyllic coun- middle’s jealousy and the youngest daughter’s character’s lives. Also, the show’s stunning cin- try mansion (Downton Abbey) of Earl of tenacious female-activism. ematography and excellent score are nothing Grantham Robert Crawley, his wife and three And all that goes on upstairs is only half short of brilliant for such a production.

NoiseTrade Enables Artist Interaction and Perks for Fans by Becca Powlus llegal file sharing and music download- ing have been ongoing issues for years. IDeveloping technologies and programs have made it easy for the average person to download music for personal use without the consent of the artist, regardless of legality or ethicality. However, online entities exist where one can find and legally download a variety of music. NoiseTrade is one such safe haven for music-lovers. By its own admission, NoiseTrade is a win-win deal — as their website says, “Fans get free music. Artists connect with new fans. Ev- erybody wins.” Artists can sign up with the program and upload their music to the NoiseTrade website. Fans can then download that music for free, whether it’s a single song or an entire album. “The biggest benefit is actually for the art- ists — for marketability and audience expan- sion,” said Daniel Nelson, a sophomore Ce- darville student who said he has been finding music with NoiseTrade for about two years. And he’s right. NoiseTrade helps artists to distribute music online so their fans can then promote it. The site sends fans’ e-mail addresses and postal codes to the artists so they can inform and get to know their fans. The website also of- she checks out bands on the site that she thinks Trade is the plethora of unknown artists with fers a donation system through which fans can she might like and has found many new artists talent just waiting to be discovered. support their favorite artists monetarily. through that process. “I found multiple new artists,” Nelson However, artists aren’t the only ones who Some of the popular downloads on Noise- said, “and it’s given me a lot more access to the benefit from NoiseTrade; fans get some seri- Trade right now are from artists such as The underground markets, which I think are often ous perks, too — free music. Civil Wars, Jenny and Tyler, Five Iron Frenzy, better.” A freshman at Cedarville, Jillian Philyaw, Great Lake Swimmers, Andrew Bird, and Trip Fans get free music. Artists connect with who subscribes to the site’s newsletter, said Lee. Yet one of the great things about Noise- new fans. With NoiseTrade, everybody wins.

10 March 2012 THOUGHTS Anti-Israel Week Stirs Up Misconceptions by Meredith Moline

any Cedar- thority is the ruling power in the West Bank ville stu- while the internationally recognized terrorist More from this series online Mdents are organization Hamas controls Gaza. Neither What’s With the UDI? completely unaware Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority permits Palestinian Authority does not have basis for of a movement that the freedom of speech, assembly and religion pursuing statehood based on current status. has spread to nearly that are guaranteed in Israel. Palestinians in 100 college campuses Israel have more rights than Palestinians in Americans Need to be Aware of worldwide. “Israel their own territories. Persecution in Middle East Apartheid Week” is Since 2001, Israel has been victim to thou- Persecution of Christians has not been reported a series of anti-Israel sands of rocket attacks that were initiated by extensively in America. university rallies, Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Despite the films and lectures that aid provided to Gaza by Israel and its ease on Go to the Thoughts tab on began in 2005 and restrictions when violence subsides, Hamas readcedars.com calls for a boycott of Israel. This dangerous still continues to pledge its annihilation of the assault on Israel’s policies and legitimacy not Jewish state. Israel’s several offers for peace the country of focus. Unlike Israel, Lebanon only stirs up hatred but also is a falsification have all been ignored and refused by the Pal- deprives Palestinians of health care, social ser- of the country’s policies and an insult to those estinian Authority as well. vices, property ownership and education. The who are truly suffering. By wasting time and energy on false ac- Lebanese even refuse to let Palestinians hold Held in the end of February or beginning cusations against Israel, we have muffled the certain jobs, including those in public service of March, the goal of this week is to persuade cries of those who suffer on a far larger scale. institutions such as schools and hospitals. students that Israel is creating an apartheid Ignored are the appalling massacres and hu- Why is the truth about Israel not being system against Palestinians and to convince man rights violations that have reached intol- told? Lies publicized during Apartheid Week people to build support for boycott, divest- erable heights in countries such as Sudan. come from a hatred for Israel and a desire for ment and sanctions against Israel. The term the nation’s destruction. Israel is the only de- “apartheid” comes from the official political mocracy in the Middle East and is a land that system of racial segregation that existed in has been fought over for thousands of years. South Africa from the 1940s to the 1980s. In If students truly wish With roughly 80 percent of its population be- this regime, the whites sought to dominate the ing of Jewish ethnicity and religion, Israel is nonwhite population and discriminate against to highlight injustices a Jewish state, which draws further negative people of color in the political, legal and eco- attention from those who dislike the Jewish nomic sectors. against Palestinians, people and religion. However, when Israel is compared with The most imminent danger of Israel South Africa, the foolishness of this argument Apartheid Week is the effect it has on future is evident. In South Africa, nonwhites were Lebanon should generations’ view of Israel. Many students will segregated solely on the basis of race, and they not research the current situation but will sad- could not vote or become citizens. They had be the country of ly absorb the lies that are being broadcasted separate amenities, such as beaches, public on their campuses. America’s future business- transportation, schools, drinking fountains focus. Unlike Israel, men, lawyers, politicians and educators are and restrooms. They were forced to receive in- attaining a twisted view of Israel. This is the ferior education, medical care and other public Lebanon deprives hope of Israel Apartheid Week advocates as services. they seek to assault the legitimacy of the na- This is not the case in Israel where Pales- Palestinians of health tion of Israel. tinians receive identical health care and can The time wasted on Israel Apartheid Week study and teach at Israeli universities. As many care, social services, should sadden and shame us. Not only does it who visit Israel will see, there is no separation consist of false accusations and serve to stir up of restrooms, taxis or beaches. Palestinians property ownership dissonance against Israel, but it also removes hold full citizenship and serve in government our focus from the truly important issues. positions, such as representation in Israel’s and education. Israel consistently guarantees equal rights parliament, the Knesset. Finally, it is illegal for for people of every race, including refugees employers in Israel to discriminate on the ba- from Sudan. Regulations exist only to defend sis of race. the citizens against Hamas terrorists. Israel Many Apartheid Week activists point to Ironically, in Sudan it is the Arab people Apartheid Week attempts to rally our future Israel’s military checkpoints and its security who discriminate against the black population. generations against Israel, and it insults those barrier as a policy of segregation. However, This is causing thousands from the black pop- who suffered under true apartheid in South unlike South Africa’s racially motivated regu- ulation to flee to, of all places, Israel. These ref- Africa and who continue to suffer in other na- lations, Israel is forced by relentless Palestin- ugees must dodge the border patrols of Egypt tions today. ian terrorism to take such actions to protect its and walk extensive distances to reach the safe- citizens. ty of Israel, the only nation where they will ex- Meredith Moline is a Fellow for the Com- Also different from South Africa, Palestin- perience full rights for people of all races. mittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting ians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank are ruled If students truly wish to highlight injus- in America. by a separate leadership. The Palestinian Au- tices against Palestinians, Lebanon should be

March 2012 11 LOCAL NEWS Sexual Orientation Provision Fails Springfield City Commission votes against change to workplace, housing policy by Zack Anderson recent debate in Springfield on whether Springfield Human Relations Board Report to add sexual orientation to the city’s n The board held a Nov. 14 public forum to receive input on the issue, and 103 people Aworkplace and housing nondiscrimina- attended. tion policy was not void of Cedarville influence. n The board received three first-hand accounts from people who described being Several members of the Cedarville community, discriminated against because of their sexual orientation. including a faculty member and a student, n In regards to housing discrimination, the report says landlords care more about timely rent were involved in the debate. payments than sexual orientation. The Springfield City Commission voted n The report said the issue is not one of civil rights because no rights are being denied 3-2 Feb. 28 against an amendment that would based on sexual orientation. have added sexual orientation to a list of pro- n The board voted 4-3 to not recommend adding sexual orientation as a protected category tected categories in the city’s workplace and to Springfield’s nondiscrimination policies. fair housing nondiscrimination policies. Cat- egories on the list include race, religion, color, national origin and sex. The issue was brought before the commis- would be at risk if they were to speak up. that he did have at least one good experience sion this past summer. At the end of Septem- “They can’t step forward and comfortably with someone on the opposition. After the vote ber, the commission agreed to table the issue say they need that workplace discrimination was over, a woman he had gotten to know who while a human relations board produced a (policy) because they’re worried somebody’s opposed the amendment gave him a hug and a report on sexual orientation discrimination in going to come in and say, ‘Get this person away list of Bible verses dealing with homosexuality. Springfield. The board’s report recommended from my kid. They’re a risk,’” Incorvati said. “The issue was over, and she still had a the commission not add sexual orientation Besides not thinking the evidence was concern that was there,” Incorvati said. language to the city’s nondiscrimination poli- enough, Myers, who heard about the issue Lopez said Christians opposed to the cies. from friends at Springfield Church of Christ, amendment spoke graciously. But he did say Cedarville professor and Springfield resi- said he opposed the amendment to keep the he didn’t agree with the idea he thought many dent Mike Lopez, who attended several com- LGBT community from getting a step closer to had that God’s laws are the best laws for a sec- mission meetings, agreed with the commis- having marriage rights. ular community. sioners’ decision. In a letter urging them to “Let’s put our foot down now instead of “Can Christians expect that laws based on base their vote on the facts, Lopez said there letting them get going,” Myers said. “Because God’s standards will be seen as good, accepted was not adequate evidence of sexual orienta- once they get going, it’s going to be a lot harder as good, have a good impact on people who are tion discrimination in Springfield to support to stop them.” not Christians?” Lopez said. “I don’t know. I the amendment. Incorvati said workplace and housing don’t think so.” “If adequate evidence supporting the pro- antidiscrimination legislation and gay mar- Lopez initially got involved with the issue posed city ordinance is demonstrated, I believe riage are not related. Though he said the state- to do damage control. Ernest Brown, Lopez’s I could support, or at least not oppose, the pro- level Equality Ohio organization he is a part pastor at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, posed ordinance,” Lopez said in the letter. of wants gay marriage and that he would not told Lopez that he was considering taking lead- Cedarville student and Springfield resident mind if it was an option, he said it is possible ership in opposing the amendment. Lopez ad- Kyle Myers, who started attending the commis- to support antidiscrimination legislation and vised him against it. sion meetings in December, said he could con- to oppose gay marriage. “It’s a highly-charged, polarized debate,” sider supporting the amendment if he had seen “The best example that it’s entirely con- Lopez said, “and win or lose, if you become a an example of sexual orientation discrimination sistent to be for these workplace and housing leader in a community response, you will lose that wasn’t covered by other laws. nondiscrimination policies and not be for (gay) the opportunity to minister to people who According to the human relations board marriage is the Catholic Church because that’s might consider themselves unjustly treated as report, certain state employment laws, such as the Catholic Church position,” Incorvati said. part of the GBLT community.” those on sexual harassment and defamation, Incorvati said the amendment had re- Lopez said Brown agreed with him and protect the LGBT community. ceived some Catholic support as well as sup- only made one statement on the issue. Regarding the evidence of sexual orien- port from other churches, such as the Episco- Both Lopez and Myers said they think this tation discrimination, Rick Incorvati, presi- palian church he attends. He said the majority issue is going to surface again. And Myers said dent of LGBT support organization Equality of the opposition came from nondenomina- he thinks the amendment will eventually get Springfield, said he thinks the city commission tional churches. passed. didn’t want to believe it. Incorvati was not always happy with the Incorvati said the current city commission “I believe this is a controversial vote, and way nondenominational churches approached has spoken and won’t pass the amendment. He they’re looking for a way out,” Incorvati said. the issue. He said he saw religious leaders use said if workplace and housing antidiscrimina- He also said some people seemed to want fear tactics to manipulate their congregations. tion legislation were passed by the state of to hear stories of discrimination from those “When a pastor gets up and says that if we Ohio, Springfield would have to follow. who had actually experienced it. But these peo- pass this law, we’re going to have men in dress- A bill introduced to the Ohio House in ple may be worried about the fallout of sharing es teaching our third-grade classes and taking September would add sexual orientation and their stories, Incorvati said. our kids into the bathrooms, he’s using fear to gender identity to a list of classes protected Incorvati, who is a professor at Wittenberg stir up some people,” Incorvati said. “I expect from housing, employment and public accom- University, said he isn’t risking anything by ac- more from a religious leader.” modation discrimination, according to the Co- tively supporting the amendment. But he said Incorvati did said there were things people lumbus Dispatch. The bill has not been voted some of his friends who teach in public schools on his side said that he was not happy with and on yet.

12 March 2012 INTERNATIONAL Spanish Youth Without Opportunity Economic problems leave young adults in Spain jobless by Hayley Johnson Unemployment Levels in Spain Cedarville University students have the annual opportunity to study abroad in Spain. During their time there, many of them have 16-24 20-29 30-65 witnessed the country’s economic troubles and Age Range how they are affecting the Spanish youth. For most of the past decade, Spain was able Percentage of to keep its finances in order by running only Unemployment 48.6% 39% 14% small deficits, and it often ended up with a sur- plus. However, Spain was affected by the global financial crisis of 2008, which brought about Sources: Yahoo! News, barcelonareporter.com high unemployment levels, the swelling of defi- cits and the payment of high interest rates. “Lost Generation” because they have no work sparking fears that Spain will become a coun- Since 2010, investors have been express- right now and few prospects for the future. try that suffers from a youth brain drain unless ing concern over Spain’s ballooning budget They have also been dubbed the “ni-ni genera- this situation can be reversed by Spain resolv- deficit. Currently, with the exception of Ice- tion,” which in Spanish means “neither-nor.” ing some of its economic issues. land, Spain has the highest combined budgets This is because many of them are neither in The economic woes that Spain and its and current account deficits of any other coun- full-time jobs nor attending school full time. young people are facing do not only affect the try. Further evidence of its economic troubles Those who have part-time jobs are often business world, but they also affect how life- was that it had a 225 billion euro debt that not able to retain them for more than six to style choices are made. For example, many came due in 2010. seven months. The AP article shares the story of Spaniards are choosing to live at home with The Spanish government attempted to Daniel Lorente, who is 21 and has held a variety their parents longer and are waiting longer to respond to the economic situation by taking a of part-time jobs such as being a doorman and a get married and have children. Lorente cur- number of measures. First, telemarketing representative. rently lives with his mother and unemployed in 2009, then Prime Minister But none of them last- 28-year-old sister and thinks Spain’s economy José Zapatero and the rest “Even though I ed for very long, and he is is so bad that he does not anticipate being able of the government pushed looking toward a dead-end to move out until he is 40. through austerity measures am 28 and want future. “How am I going Abigail Eustace, a senior at Cedarville, that were to help cut the defi- to make it if I don’t have a spent time in Seville, Spain, in 2010 and cit from 11.2 percent to 6 per- steady job to pay a mortgage, learned ow the economy was affecting personal cent by 2011. to get married for example,” Lorente said. choices through the friendships she developed. In 2011, Mariano Ra- And many of the part- She observed that many of her friends joy became the new Prime someday, I can’t time jobs that are available still lived with their families even though they Minister, and on Dec. 30 he are low paying and have few themselves were in their late 20s or early 30s. implemented a new auster- imagine doing hours. Twenty-three-year- Abraham was a chemistry graduate student ity package that consisted old university student Se- she got to know, and, instead of living on his of $7.8 billion in tax hikes that anytime gundo Gonzalez told AP he own and providing for his a family of his own, and $11.5 billion in spending has only had offers for me- he was still living with his. cuts. This move was expected soon.” nial jobs that don’t pay well. “Even though I am 28 and want to get to help keep the budget defi- This situation has married someday, I can’t imagine doing that cit from expanding. Abraham prompted many young peo- anytime soon,” Abraham said. In January 2012, the ple to choose to leave Spain Many of these factors have prompted the ratings agency Standard and Spanish graduate and seek job opportunities Spanish youth to action, and they have taken a Poor’s downgraded Spain’s elsewhere in Europe. Accord- variety of measures to express their opinions to debt by two steps, making it student forced to live ing to AP, a bank worker in the Spanish government. Last summer, many more costly for Spain to pay at home Spain earns only 18,000 euro of them banded together and led protests in its debt. By March, Rajoy had ($24,000) while in Switzer- cities all across Spain. One component of these made the announcement that land a bank worker earns protests was that they took over many of the Spain could not meet and would be abandoning 60,000 euro ($80,000). Those who do leave central plaza areas and set up camps. their deficit reduction targets for 2012. Critics are also taking jobs below their qualification Over this past summer I was studying for said this failure would only exacerbate the eco- level, such as bartending or working in hotels, a month in Valencia, Spain, and I witnessed nomic woes of a country already facing unem- because they can make more and support them- the actions the youth were taking. About twice ployment above 20 percent and a recession. selves better. a week they would march around various parts These factors are a leading contributor BBC reporter Matthew Price confirmed of the city in a big procession in protest against to the high rates of unemployment that exist this trend when he went to Madrid’s Com- the government’s austerity measures. amongst the young adults of Spain. An article plutense University to interview students These protestors set up a camp in La Plaza from The Associated Press in February said about to graduate. He published his results in Ayuntamiento, which is in the central part of that roughly half of Spaniards 16-24 years old an October 2011 article. the city, so I passed by them frequently. There are jobless. This is the highest number of un- When asked if any of them were confident were many times I would walk by and someone employed young people among the 17 nations about getting a job, no one raised their hand, would be addressing the huge crowds gathered currently part of the euro monetary system. but when asked if they could find a job outside explaining what the government needed to do Spanish youth are being labeled as the the country all hands were raised. This trend is to help ease the economic situation. March 2012 13 THOUGHTS Just a Video? Just a Video. by Zack Anderson chance of his arrest. posting it on their social media outlets, are This is a good thing, right? Maybe, unless supporters really doing anything to help cap- It brought us a man climbing into Antoine you’re one of the many people who have criti- ture Kony besides raising awareness? Probably Dodson’s window and snatching his people up. cized Invisible Children and Kony 2012 of a va- not. African war criminals who have been kid- It reminded us that, “It’s Friday, Friday.” It riety of things – watering down a very complex napping children for 26 years aren’t that easy told us Joe Paterno had actually not died yet, issue, not spending their money right or advo- to catch. and when Facebook switched profile formats, cating American militarism in Africa. Even the campaign portion of Kony 2012 it provided us with something to complain These critiques may or may not be legiti- that involves pressuring celebrities and politi- about (wait ... how many times has that hap- mate. But both supporters and critics of Invis- cians and covering cities with Kony posters on pened?). ible Children and its latest video are forgetting April 20 does not necessarily bring Kony closer And now, the social web has challenged us something. to justice. to help capture one of Africa and the world’s Kony 2012 is just a video. Nothing more. Just because you Tweet Justin Beiber worst criminals, Joseph Kony. Nothing less. does not mean Kony will be arrested. And Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 YouTube Supporters of the video should real- once again, besides raising awareness, the only video, which is the most viral video in history ize they are not doing much to stop Kony by thing Cover the Night is going to do is maybe according to one report, challenges us to make simply watching the video, posting it on their make the world a little more orange and blue. famous Kony, a man who abducts children to Facebook wall and getting in a flame war with Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 website enlist them in his Lord’s Resistance Army. The their pacifist second cousin over its merits or says they want to make more people aware of video says we need to make him famous, so lack thereof. Kony, so they will unite to stop him. The web- more people know about him to increase the The video is a piece of digital media. By site also says they want Kony to be an inter-

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Invisible Children releases Jason Russell, co- Six days after its release, Criticism of Invisible Children broad- their Kony 2012 YouTube founder of Invisible the video hits 100 million ens when it becomes public that the video, which quickly Children, responds views, according to Visible organization donates only 32 percent becomes the most viral to criticism. Measures. of its proceeds to African aid while YouTube video in history. the two directors of IC each make a $90,000 salary, according to Busi- ness Insider.

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national example of justice when he is caught. supporters do in simply raising awareness and Jason Russell, the narrator of Kony 2012 Kony 2012 is succeeding at making more do something more tangible, like donate mon- and a co-founder of Invisible Children, was ar- people aware of Kony. Because more people ey to humanitarian efforts or be part of on-the- rested for running around San Diego at least are aware of him, if or when Kony is caught, ground humanitarian efforts themselves. This partly naked. Witnesses said he was pounding he will be an example of international justice. is why raising awareness is important. his fists on the pavement and shouting. But supporters need to realize all they are Critics of Kony 2012 seem to think Invis- Russell’s wife said March 21 that doc- doing in promoting the video is raising aware- ible Children can’t do anything right. They dis- tors diagnosed Jason with reactive psychosis, ness. One Facebook post does nothing to actu- credit the whole organization because they are which is brought on by stress. He is expected ally stop Kony. Supporters who think they can upset not all the money is being spent in Africa to be in recovery for weeks. change the world by what they post on social or because the video doesn’t tell all the back- Just because someone behind Kony 2012 media are wrong. ground information of the conflict. seems to have gone crazy does not mean the Just because all posting Kony 2012 on Critics should realize that Invisible Chil- video lacks credibility. But supporters should Facebook does is raise awareness doesn’t dren is trying to do a good thing. They are try- realize they face an even greater challenge of mean that supporters shouldn’t do this. Rais- ing to stop a murderer. Critics don’t have to convincing critics of the worth of the video af- ing awareness is a good thing, and critics of the agree on the method Invisible Children is us- ter this incident with Russell. video need to realize this. ing to do this. They should agree that this is a Whether Invisible Children is credible or If all of America posted Kony 2012 to their good thing, and they shouldn’t discredit Invis- not, supporters need to realize posting about Facebook page, I don’t know if Joseph Kony ible Children and Kony 2012. Kony on their Facebook really doesn’t make would be arrested. But because of the wide- Supporters’ support of Kony 2012 means them the savior of little African children. And reaching power of social media, the video might nothing and critics’ critiques mean everything opponents need to realize Invisible Children be watched by someone who becomes very pas- if people don’t view Invisible Children as cred- isn’t a nemesis organization trying to start an sionate about helping children in Africa. ible, and a recent incident has challenged In- apocalypse by creating Kony 2012. This person might go beyond what most visible Children’s credibility. After all, it is just a video.

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Co-founder of Invisible The Ugandan government According to Reuters, the children, Jason Russell, was responds with its own Youtube Ugandan government sent detained by police after some video. 5,000 troops to hunt down bizarre behavior, accord- Kony. ing to MSNBC. According to reports, the behavior included Celebrities who back the movement: interfering with traffic, run- Oprah, Diddy, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, ning around naked and public Justin Beiber, Ryan Gosling masturbation. He was taken to a medical facility for extreme exhaustion and dehydration.

March 2012 15 NATIONAL Religion May Not Be Issue for Voters by John Filcik Christian’ and ‘Here’s Mitt Romney the Mor- verses on the Liberty Bell, the biblically- mon,’” Sims continued. themed murals in the Supreme Court and the aith and religion have played a role in Rick Santorum, a Catholic candidate for overall reverence given to distinctly American American politics and history since the the GOP nomination, has struggled to gain symbols like the American flag. Fcountry’s founding. But the 2012 presi- traction with the Catholic electorate while be- These religious undertones have carried dential candidates’ faiths have not yet been ing able to harness the support of the evangeli- over into whom American voters choose to critical concerns for voters, indicating a pos- cal conservative base instead. represent and lead their country as president sible shift in the American voters’ mentality. The polls of Santorum supporters reflect of the United States. Forty-three of the 44 “I think for a lot of Americans, they really telling data regarding this. Only 34 percent of presidents to govern the United States have don’t care whether Romney’s a Mormon,” said Santorum supporters (as opposed to 59 per- been members of some sort of Protestant de- Kevin Sims, a political science professor at Ce- cent of Romney supporters) agree that it does nomination. darville. “Catholic? Well guess what, so is my not matter if a candidate shares his or her re- The 1928 election was the first time a ma- next-door neighbor. That’s the way it is.” ligious beliefs. Forty-two percent of Santorum jor party had a Catholic presidential candidate A recent poll found that 63 percent of supporters (as opposed to 67 percent of Rom- on the ticket, Al Smith. Smith lost that elec- Americans believe that public officials should ney supporters) believe that public officials tion, but about 30 years later, Americans saw not rely on religious beliefs in making public should not rely on religious beliefs in making the first and only Catholic president inaugu- policy decisions. Fifty-eight percent agreed public policy decisions. rated, John F. Kennedy. But Kennedy did not that it does not matter if a presidential candi- In other words, the base of Santorum’s campaign without having to answer questions date shares his or her religious views. support lies in people who make religion first about his faith. Despite these numbers, contrasting polls priority. Romney’s supporters, however, re- “In a famous speech in 1960,” Maxwell regarding the possibility of having a Mormon flect the general electorate, an encouraging said, “Kennedy had to explain his religion. president reflect differing points of view. In a sign for Romney’s campaign. There was this perceived fear that, because of Pew Center poll, a quarter of voters said they Sims said faith has been part of politics the Catholic Church and its hierarchy, that the would be less likely to vote for a Mormon can- since the Constitutional Convention. “I think president would somehow be subservient to didate. faith has been a big part of what we are about the pope.” In another Pew Center poll, when asked as a group of citizens,” he said. Maxwell and Sims agreed that the candi- what the first word to come to mind was when Jewerl Maxwell, another Cedarville politi- dates’ faith relationships haven’t yet become a hearing the name “Romney,” respondents cal science professor, noted that there are ref- major issue in the 2012 presidential election, most frequently answered “Mormon.” Some erences to Scripture on buildings and in presi- taking a backseat to other issues. analysts see this perceived fear of having a dential speeches. With Romney’s commanding lead in del- Mormon president as simply being a result of “You look at each president and each one egate count suggesting he will be successful ignorance about the Mormon faith. Sims con- almost continually ends their speeches with in securing the Republican nomination, these tended that these questions about the Mormon ‘God bless America,’” Maxwell said. Directly issues regarding religion have become all the faith could easily surface in the general elec- after the country’s conception, one of George more immanent. tion, if not sooner. Washington’s first acts as president was insti- Maxwell contends that the wild card is- “It won’t be President Obama,” Sims said, tuting a national day of prayer. sue when it comes to the general election will “but there will be questions brought up about This widespread belief by Americans in a be whether the evangelical conservative right, his faith. The SuperPACs will raise those types higher power is sometimes referred to as the which currently makes up Santorum’s support of questions. country’s civic religion. The peculiar unique- base, will be willing to support a Mormon can- “It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch ness in the United States’ civic religion may lie didate. for Obama and his campaign to emphasize in the constant correlation made throughout “It’s not necessarily their choosing to vote [Obama’s] Christianity because then it ends up history of patriotism with religion. for Obama over Romney,” Maxwell said, “but being a contrast between ‘Here’s Obama the This concept is evidenced in the Bible they might just choose not to vote.”

Faith in the Nation’s Capitol Protestant Catholic Mormon

President(s): Every U.S. president with the President(s): John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) President(s): Two 2012 GOP presidential exception of JFK Current number in Congress: 156 candidates, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, Current number in Congress: 304 are Mormon. Huntsman has dropped out. Amidst fears during the 1960 campaign that Current number in Congress: 15 In 2008 Obama came under fire for a Catholic president would be subservient incendiary comments made from the pulpit by to the pope, Kennedy said, “I believe in an In the 2008 presidential election, Romney his longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright. Obama America where the separation of church first addressed his faith. “I do not define my said, “The man I met more than 20 years and state is absolute, where no Catholic candidacy by my religion,” Romney said. “A ago is a man who helped introduce me to my prelate would tell the president (should he person should not be elected because of his Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant faith nor should he be rejected because of his our obligations to love one another, to care for minister would tell his parishioners for whom faith.” the sick and lift up the poor.” to vote.”

16 March 2012 NEWS Former Bush Aide Comes to Cedarville Michael Gerson talks about public discourse, Christian response to suffering by Mary Miller ormer aide to President George W. Bush and syndicated columnist Michael Ger- Fson spoke in chapel March 22 on suf- fering. Gerson addressed students specifically about how Christians respond to suffering that they see and experience. He cited several dif- ferent types of reactions that believers express. The first reaction discussed was judg- ment. When Christians respond to other’s suf- fering with judgment, they often assign blame for situations irrationally. Gerson discussed how many well-known evangelical publica- tions connected the 9/11 attacks with legalized abortion and lax moral standards in the United States. More recently, some clergy stated that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in 2010 was caused by an ancient Haitian pact with the devil. Christians often use judgment as an ex- cuse to avoid the second type of reaction, which is compassion. However, after the dam- age done to New Orleans by Hurricane Ka- trina, secular journalists commented on how much Christian churches and organizations across the country and the world helped those Cedarville University in need. But the most important reaction to suffer- Michael Gerson came to Cedarville March 22 to speak at chapel and host a discussion for Cedarville’s Critical Concern Series. Gerson was an aide to former President George W. Bush. ing that Christians should have is to seek jus- tice. This is a responsibility of both the com- ity. Throughout the centuries, members of the organization known as the ONE campaign, munity and individuals. Oftentimes, justice is Christian church have sought the values of hu- where Gerson is now a senior advisor. The or- avoided by the Christian community because it man dignity, social justice and fair economic ganization defines itself as “The Campaign to seems out of place or radical. growth. Believers today should take those Make Poverty History.” Gerson discussed Martin Luther King Jr.’s principles and apply them to their own politi- The night of his visit, Gerson spoke for Ce- famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The let- cal beliefs. darville’s Critical Concern Series. His lecture, ter was addressed to southern clergymen who On a more lighthearted note, Gerson dis- “Graceful Citizenship: Christian Civility and urged a more cautious route toward civil rights. cussed his interaction with two famous figures, the Common Good,” addressed the issue of King said, “Perhaps it is easy for those former President George W. Bush and Bono, civility in politics and public discourse. Using who have never felt the stinging darts of seg- the main vocalist for the band U2. He joined civility does not mean that one must always be regation to say, ‘Wait.’ But when you have seen the Bush presidential campaign in 1999 as a cheerful, Gerson said. It relates to the meth- vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers speechwriter and senior policy advisor. After ods used to get one’s point across to an audi- at will and drown your sisters and brothers at the 2000 election, Gerson served as Assistant ence. whim; when you have seen hate filled police- to the President for Policy and Strategic Plan- Specifically talking about the media in men curse, kick and even kill your black broth- ning. This job gave him the opportunity to this current presidential election, Gerson said ers and sisters … then you will understand why meet with Bush every day for the seven years that the ideological stances portrayed by jour- we find it difficult to wait.” that he worked in the White House. nalists and news anchors actually hinder the It is imperative that Christians today do He described Bush as a “man without a political search for solutions because they do not make the same mistake and wait for solu- mask,” whose public persona was the same as not present the issues objectively. Additional- tions to the issues of AIDS, world poverty and his private character. He inspired loyalty in ly, presidential candidates undermine human injustice to merely appear on the scene, Gerson those he worked with by showing loyalty. Ger- dignity when they endorse negative campaign said. They must instead take action. They must son shared a story of a time when he wrote a advertisements that demean each other. also avoid the trap of confusing hating one’s phrase into a speech that caused negative press According to Cedarville University’s web- neighbor’s enemy with loving one’s neighbor. for the president. He went to bed that night site, Gerson, the recipient of the 2012 Charac- “Ultimately, the Christian’s reaction to upset that he had hurt the man he worked to ter Forum Award, is also a syndicated colum- suffering is an expression of how they view support. The next morning, Gerson woke up nist who appears in the Washington Post, the God,” Gerson said. to a phone call from Bush and a message on author of “Heroic Conservatism” and co-au- For these reasons, Gerson argued, be- his answering machine from the night before, thor of “City of Man: Religion and Politics in a lievers must not turn against politics, but “do both encouraging him not to worry. New Era.” Gerson serves on numerous boards politics better.” In order to do this, Chris- When discussing Bono, Gerson said that and committees and is committed to address- tians should avoid taking their politics from the singer took him to his first rock concert. ing world poverty and injustice. Additionally, ideologies expressed around them. Instead, However, what impressed Gerson the most he was chosen as a part of TIME Magazine’s they should look towards the wealth of reflec- was not Bono’s fame but his knowledge of in- 2005 list of “The 25 Most Influential Evangeli- tions to be found in the history of Christian- ternational policy. Bono started a non-profit cals in America.” March 2012 17 SPORTS The Emergence of Cedarville Rugby Discussing the team with club president and coach Andrew Held by Jesse Silk Q: How did the Cedarville rugby team get started? Held: Apparently it had been around for years even before my time. As I understand it, there were two twin brothers from Zimbabwe who first attempted to start a club, but were unable to get through some sticky insurance issues. So, it never became anything more than just pickup rugby. I didn’t hear about it until late my fresh- man year. I had played all through high school. It had died down to where we would just play 4-on-4 or, on one fateful occasion, 2-on-2. Last school year, my sophomore year, we got it caught on with Cam Hill and Wes Young and some of the guys in SGA, and all of a sudden Photo by Cedarville Rugby they just started bringing people out. Soon we Members of the Cedarville University rugby team discover dirt may be a part of the sport, which started having twenty or so people playing, so recently gained org status. at the end of last year, we turned in a constitu- don’t see it as that yet. I think people just aren’t to control your head and put it behind his body tion to become on org. used to it. It’s finally catching on [in America]. rather than in front of it. You have to wrap up in Q: Had most of the guys that played last There’s hundreds and hundreds of new rugby rugby. That is not to say that you don’t see some fall ever played before? teams starting up every year, and it’s been on of the hardest hitting you will see anywhere dur- Held: Out of our original group, I was the TV more. It has the third largest sporting event ing a rugby game, offensively and defensively. only one who had played before. Chris Rous- in the world — the rugby world cup — behind There’s no blocking either, so the contact seau — he lived in Zimbabwe and also played the Super Bowl and the soccer world cup. So it’s is limited purely to when the tackler hits the growing up — he came in later and helped me a huge worldwide sport; America just doesn’t runner. And because of the constant motion, out in teaching the newcomers. He was gone in like it because we’re bad at it. it’s not just, “Oh I can get a break, and then the fall, but he is back this spring. This fall we We’re finally starting to get better at it. I can go all out and smack somebody.” It’s a had three to four freshmen come in with some Especially on the university level, it’s still very controlled, continuous flowing game. experience, and they have been very valuable. much up-and-coming. They have three divi- Q: What would you suggest to someone That was it. sions within U.S.A. rugby and many more considering rugby but doesn’t know the sport regional and local area unions, so there’s well or is concerned about the contact? plenty of other competition against small Held: If contact sports aren’t for you, private institutions like CU and very large then obviously rugby won’t be for you either, public state universities. Rugby operates on but I guess you never truly know until you try. the club level which has its advantages and It’s much more laid back [than other var- disadvantages. sity college programs]. I mean, we’re intense, Q: What is the difference between the we practice four times a week, and we’re always positions? hitting and playing hard, but just the whole at- Held: There are set positions, and your mosphere of rugby is a lot more laid back. They number is your position. There are eight for- call it a “gentlemen’s sport,” and when we’re wards, which usually do a lot of the scrum- on the field it’s “controlled violence.” It’s a ming and the rucking. I’m a forward; there’s “hooligan’s game played by gentlemen” I think a rivalry between the forward and the backs. is what they say internationally. The forwards decide whether you win the In rugby, every player needs to know ev- game or not, because they’re doing all the ery position and what every person is doing at Photo by Cedarville Rugby hard work, and the backs decide how much a given time. You’re one team; a lot of teams, Cedarville rugby president and coach Andrew Held you win the game by. They’re like a good after they score they say “15 as 1”. They’re mov- runs past an opponent. shooting guard. The really quick guys, the ing more as one unit; you’re not just going for flashy runners — they’re the ones doing a lot individual glory as in so many other sports. You Q: What made the team so successful in of plays, crossing and throwing long passes. look more at teams rather than individuals in its first season? Q: What do you think about the safety of rugby. My ex-marine high school coach used to Held: At a school where there isn’t any al- rugby, considering it is such a high-contact always say that there is no greater brotherhood ternative contact sport, there are guys that are sport with little-to-no padding? outside of the military than on a rugby pitch; good athletes and live in the weight room and Held: I played football all growing up, too, it’s almost like you’re going into battle. Those have no outlet to use their abilities. We just including high school. I just say rugby players teams that stick together the most are going to have a lot of good committed athletes that we have to be smarter than football players be- be the most successful. This is what we really were very fortunate to all have come out. cause you don’t have any pads, and the defender want to focus on here at Cedarville. Q: Do you think that, for a school without knows that he doesn’t have any pads either, so To find out more about Cedarville rug- football or wrestling, rugby quenches the thirst you’re not just going to run a hundred million by, you can visit the Cedarville Men’s Rugby for contact sport? miles an hour and spear him with your head Facebook page or go to the team’s website, Held: I think it could. I think a lot of people like you see NFL linebackers do. You’re going http://freeteams.net/cedarvillerugby/. 18 March 2012 THOUGHTS Safe Christianity Can we really call ourselves Christians if we always play it safe?

e live in an era of safe Christianity. needy, they were feeding and clothing him. to help this man, and I did it. I felt that God It’s a sanitary, hands-off, from-a- I looked at Glenn, and I did not see a smelly, wanted me to treat this man like a person by Wdistance kind of lifestyle onto which scary homeless man; I saw a man made in the driving him in my car instead of treating him we’ve pasted the name of Christ. We won’t image of God who was starving. And I couldn’t like some diseased creature I would leave on consider dangerous or self-sacrificial situa- leave him that way. the curb and slow down long enough to toss tions for the cause of Christ. Any person who So I asked him if I could buy him some food at. Christ touched and healed people might be dirty or dinner at the Taco Bell across the street, and with leprosy, and that wasn’t safe or sanitary. have a bad past he looked at me like he must have heard me He ate with prostitutes; he had a tax collector is not worthy of wrong. “Oh no,” he said, looking at the nickel — who was known for stealing — in his inner our time — we and pennies I’d given him. “You have already circle. He knew that those people needed Him, only peer at them given me so much.” And he meant that. I told and no fear of disease or injury or stolen prop- through our ho- him that God had provided me with resources erty would stand in his way. And I wanted to lier-than-thou so that I could help him — that I just wanted to do that. I wanted to live out real Christianity, fence and pos- show him the love of Christ. He said, “I didn’t not the too-pristine imitation. sibly cast some know that existed anymore.” Because honestly, what are so-called spare change in And as I looked at this man, this brother of Christians doing right now? We sit in our their direction. mine, and back at my car, I knew that the safe multi-million dollar churches with built-in But if we’re liv- thing to do would be to leave him in this park- coffee shops and talk about how sad it is that ing this way and ing lot, get some food and bring it back to him. people are starving and dying; we may even calling ourselves But I felt the leading of the Holy Spirit — crazy set some bills in the offering plate for them Christians, we’re as that may sound — telling me that it would be as it passes around. But heaven forbid we set Bekah Cvetich committing some OK to let this man in the car. When I told him foot in the “bad parts of town” that need God’s serious false ad- I would give him a ride, he protested strongly. people more than they need cash. Heaven for- vertising — because Christ’s life on this earth He said, “Don’t let me in your car! I smell bad bid we sit and eat a meal with them, let them could not be characterized into our cars, in- by the words “safe” or “sani- vite them into our tary.” His life was radical, “Christ’s life on this earth could not be homes where we dangerous and anti-cultur- may be in danger. al. I wonder — if we truly characterized by the words ‘safe’ or ‘sanitary.’ Because where in realized that we are called to the Bible — that imitate him and that kind of His life was radical, dangerous and anti-cultural. we so ardently lifestyle — if we would still claim to follow— claim to follow him. I wonder — if we truly realized that we are does it call us to This whole topic has sacrifice our com- been pounding in my head called to imitate him and that kind of lifestyle fort or safety to since an experience I had bring the love of with a homeless man a few — if we would still claim to follow him.” Christ to others? weeks back. My internship Oh yeah. Every- boss sent me out on a story where. about a local restaurant closing, so I drove into and I’m dirty, and you probably think I’ll car- I once heard a well-known pastor named downtown Springfield to find the restaurant jack you.” But I told him that he was my guest, Charles Ware say that the church’s work and see what the closing sign on the door said. and when I told him he could sit in the front should be Monday through Saturday and that When I was there, a homeless man approached seat, he was baffled. He smiled at me with his Sunday is merely coaching time. Too many me and asked me if I was the one buying this sparse set of teeth as if I was the first person to Christians live like Sunday is their only work building because he was looking for work. ever notice him, to ever treat him like a fellow day—that going to church is all they have to do. I told him why I was there, and he asked if I human being. Ware said that’s like going to a football game could spare any change for some food. I gave When I told this story to a friend of mine, where all that happens is the coach training the him what little money I had on me — nine who I hoped would be touched by this man’s team and telling them how to play the game, cents — and asked if I could pray for him. Then plight, I only got an earful about how unsafely but the players never actually play. A football he and I started talking about his life. I had acted … even though it was broad day- player can’t call himself a football player if all His name is Glenn, and he has been home- light in a busy area and the Taco Bell was di- he does is sit and listen to someone tell him less for four years. He has a bum leg that he rectly across the street. She said he could have how to play. And we Christians can’t call our- can’t afford to get fixed and must use a crutch. given me a disease or stolen my car or GPS. selves Christians if all we do is sit and listen He sweeps the Marathon gas station parking But honestly, if he tried to steal my GPS or my to a pastor tell us how to live the Christian lot for a little money in the mornings. Some- car, I probably would have just given them to life. We have to get our hands dirty, put into times, gangs of teenagers beat him up for fun. him along with my wallet. He needs it all more practice what we are hearing. Otherwise, we’re He’s on the waiting list at a shelter, but until than I do. After all, Luke 6:29 says that if a man just posers. And we can’t get upset when non- then he sleeps in an alley. He attends a church, takes your coat, you should give him your shirt believers call us hypocrites and two-faced be- but no one talks to him or looks at him. And also. cause we are. If you’re not going to play foot- the last time he ate was two days ago. And I know that that wasn’t the “wisest” ball, don’t call yourself a football player. And My heart broke for this man. I immedi- thing to do, and it’s not an action I plan on if you’re not going to live a life like Christ, full ately thought of Matthew 25 where Christ said applying to every encounter I have with the of risks and self-sacrifice, don’t call yourself a that when his followers fed and clothed the homeless. But the Holy Spirit stirred my heart Christian. March 2012 19 CedarMania

Photos by Stephen Port Approximately 300 Cedarville students and 1,000 junior high students stayed up all night on a recent weekend for the annual CedarMania event. They spent time in several buildings on a quest for spiritual challenges and fun.